2016 Tennessee House of Representatives election explained

2016 Tennessee House of Representatives election should not be confused with 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee.

Election Name:	2016 Tennessee House of Representatives election
Country:	Tennessee
Type:	legislative
Previous Election:	2014 Tennessee House of Representatives election
Previous Year:	2014
Next Election:	2018 Tennessee House of Representatives election
Next Year:	2018
Seats For Election:	99 Seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives
Majority Seats:	50
Election Date:	November 8, 2016
Image1:	File:Beth Harwell 2018.jpg
Leader1:	Beth Harwell
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Leaders Seat1:	56th: Nashville
Last Election1:	73 seats
Seats1:	74
Seat Change1:	1
Leader2:	Craig Fitzhugh
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Leaders Seat2:	82nd: Ripley
Last Election2:	26 seats
Seats2:	25
Seat Change2:	1
Map Size:	400px
Speaker of the House
Before Election:	Beth Harwell
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Beth Harwell
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

The 2016 Tennessee House of Representatives election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect 99 seats for the Tennessee House of Representatives. The elections coincided with the Presidential, U.S. House, and State Senate elections.

Republican Paul Sherrell flipped the rural 43rd district, and Republican Michael Curcio flipped the rural 69th district, while Democrat Dwayne Thompson flipped Memphis's suburban 96th district. The Republican Party maintained their supermajority in the state house.^{[1] [2]}

Results summary

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Candidates	Votes		Seats
	%		+/–
	Republican				74	1
	Democratic				25	1
	Independent				0
	Write-in				0
Total				100.00	99
Source: https://sos-tn-gov-files.s3.amazonaws.com/USHousebyCountyNov2016.pdf

Close races

Results

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Representative	Party	Electoral history
District 1			Republican
District 2	Bud Hulsey		Republican	2014
District 3	Timothy Hill		Republican	2012
District 4	John Holsclaw Jr.		Republican	2014
District 5	David Hawk		Republican	2002		Incumbent won re-election.
District 6	James Van Huss		Republican	2012
District 7	Matthew Hill		Republican	2004
District 8	Jerome Moon		Republican	2017
District 9			Republican
District 10			Republican
District 11	Jeremy Faison		Republican	2010		Incumbent won re-election.
District 12	Dale Carr		Republican	2012
District 13
District 14	Jason Zachary		Republican	2015
District 15	Rick Staples		Democratic	2016
District 16	Bill Dunn		Republican	1994
District 17	Andrew Farmer		Republican	2012
District 18	Martin Daniel		Republican	2014
District 19			Republican
District 20	Robert Ramsey		Republican	2008
District 21			Republican
District 22	Dan Howell		Republican	2014		Incumbent won re-election.
District 23			Republican
District 24			Republican
District 25	Cameron Sexton		Republican	2010
District 26			Republican
District 27	Patsy Hazlewood		Republican	2014		Incumbent won re-election.
District 28			Democratic
District 29	Mike Carter		Republican	2012		Incumbent won re-election.
District 30			Republican
District 31	Ron Travis		Republican	2012
District 32	Kent Calfee		Republican	2012		Incumbent won re-election.
District 33	John Ragan		Republican	2010		Incumbent won re-election.
District 34			Republican
District 35	Jerry Sexton		Republican	2014		Incumbent won re-election.
District 36	Dennis Powers		Republican	2010		Incumbent won re-election.
District 37			Republican
District 38	Kelly Keisling		Republican	2010		Incumbent won re-election.
District 39			Republican
District 40			Republican
District 41	John Windle		Democratic	1994		Incumbent won re-election.
District 42	Ryan Williams		Republican	2010		Incumbent won re-election.
District 43			Democratic
District 44	William Lamberth		Republican	2012		Incumbent won re-election.
District 45			Republican
District 46			Republican
District 47			Republican
District 48	Bryan Terry		Republican	2014
District 49	Mike Sparks		Republican	2010
District 50	Bo Mitchell		Democratic	2012		Incumbent won re-election.
District 51	Bill Beck		Democratic	2014		Incumbent won re-election.
District 52	Mike Stewart		Democratic	2008		Incumbent won re-election.
District 53	Jason Powell		Democratic	2012		Incumbent won re-election.
District 54			Democratic
District 55	John Ray Clemmons		Democratic	2014		Incumbent won re-election.
District 56
District 57	Susan Lynn		Republican	2013		Incumbent won re-election.
District 58	Harold Love		Democratic	2012		Incumbent won re-election.
District 59			Democratic			Incumbent won re-election.
District 60			Democratic			Incumbent won re-election.
District 61			Republican			Incumbent won re-election.
District 62	Pat Marsh		Republican	2009		Incumbent won re-election.
District 63	Glen Casada		Republican	2002		Incumbent won re-election.
District 64			Republican			Incumbent won re-election.
District 65			Republican			Incumbent won re-election.
District 66	Sabi Kumar		Republican	2014		Incumbent won re-election.
District 67			Democratic			Incumbent won re-election.
District 68	Curtis Johnson		Republican	2004		Incumbent won re-election.
District 69			Democratic
District 70			Republican			Incumbent won re-election.
District 71	David Byrd		Republican	2014		Incumbent won re-election.
District 72			Republican			Incumbent won re-election.
District 73			Republican			Incumbent won re-election.
District 74	Jay Reedy		Republican	2014		Incumbent won re-election.
District 75			Republican			Incumbent won re-election.
District 76			Republican
District 77			Republican			Incumbent won re-election.
District 78	Mary Littleton		Republican	2012		Incumbent won re-election.
District 79	Curtis Halford		Republican	2008		Incumbent won re-election.
District 80	Johnny Shaw		Democratic	2000		Incumbent won re-election.
District 81	Debra Moody		Republican	2012		Incumbent won re-election.
District 82			Democratic
District 83	Mark White		Republican	2010		Incumbent won re-election.
District 84	Joe Towns Jr.		Democratic	1994		Incumbent won re-election.
District 85			Democratic			Incumbent won re-election.
District 86	Barbara Cooper		Democratic	1996		Incumbent won re-election.
District 87	Karen Camper		Democratic	2008		Incumbent won re-election.
District 88	Larry Miller		Democratic	1994		Incumbent won re-election.
District 89			Republican			Incumbent won re-election.
District 90			Democratic
District 91
District 92			Republican
District 93	G.A. Hardaway		Democratic	2006		Incumbent won re-election.
District 94			Republican			Incumbent won re-election.
District 95	Kevin Vaughan		Republican	2017		Incumbent won re-election.
District 96			Republican
District 97	Jim Coley		Republican	2006
District 98	Antonio Parkinson		Democratic	2011		Incumbent won re-election.
District 99			Republican

Retirements

Democrats

Incumbents defeated

Independents

District 1

General election

District 2

General election

District 3

General election

District 4

General election

District 41

General election

District 99

See also

• 2016 Tennessee elections
• 2016 Tennessee Senate election

Notes and References

1. News: 2017-08-01 . Tennessee Election Results 2016 . 2024-02-14 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
2. Web site: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2016 . 2024-02-14 . Ballotpedia . en.